Railroad-tie.



PATENTED APR. 10, 1906.

J. FREUND. RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1904.

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J. FREUND. RAILROAD TIE.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG.12, 1904.

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JOSEPH FREUND. OF BEAVER. PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T HENRY HOENIGSBERGER, OF BENSONHUHS'l, LONGTSLAND, NEW YORK.

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and it consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out lnthe clanns.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows; i v Fi ure 1 shows a plan v ewof, a railroad provided with my preferred construction of tie Fig. 2, a side elevation of the tie, the rails being in section Fig. 3 ,a perspective view of a fragment of the tie arranged for the fish-plate; Fig. 4,.a plan view of an alternative construction; Fig. 5, a side elevation of the tie with the rails in sectionof this alternative construction; Fig. 6, a detailed view of a reinforcing-b ar.

marks the rail, which, as shown, is: the ordinary T-rail. The rails are preferably .se-

a cured together by the ordinary fish-plates a,

railand loc'ks the rail in place. are inserted at the openings b the fish-p ates being provided with the bolts a.

j The t-leB isforined, preferably, of cement, or similar material vand preferably extends" entirely across the railroad-bed from rail to rail. V A groove 1) is arran ed in'the tie near eaclrerid, in which is placed the rail, the outer wall of the'groove bclngforined to fit the rail and brace the same. ]A wedgc'C isplaced in.

the inner portion of the. groove a ainst the In order that the tie contalningthefishplate m y" give support tothe rail, providethewall of the groove '1) with the offset b ,.t'his groove being an offset in only the ties con :tannngfsuehfislhplates. Thet1es-11'nme:

fdiately'next to'this tie provide'an end abutment tothe iishlates, and so prevent the rovided in this creeping of. tlierai I have offset a groove b 1n whlch t 10 heads 'of the bolts 0/ may be place dz This move prefer-' ably extends the full width oftl ie'tie, so as to permit the heads of the bolts to come at any point along the fish-plate, It is also desirable to provide means of draining these grooves, especially where the rail-bed is of the preferred construction shown in Figs. 1 an 2---that is, when it is continuous in its Speclxcatiori of Letters Patent.

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fifOIlIlQd channels-b", leading from the grooves 1 r en d April 10,1906.

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To accomplish this purposeQI have to the outeredge ofthe tie, for draining purposes. These drainage-channels are preferably formed p art'in each tie, so, that'when the ties are put together this channel is'formed between thc1n.. I prefer to arrange the tieplates 12 inthe-bottom of the'grooves I).

These tie-plates have the projection b, by- .ineans, ofwhich they are secured to the tie; The plate ext-ends slightly above the bottom of the groove, so that the. railin between the tie-plates. is. .heldabove the bottom ,of they groove, thus allowingthe railto spring along this intermediate portion.

actionofthe rail. Thesetie-platesare pre erablyput in place. as thetie is being formed, soas to bescured to the tie by .thesetting of the cement.

The tie, is braced and bars Bflwhich extend alongthe tielunderthe rail-base and have theturn b,,whichextends forwardly, so-that its end b contacts the side of the rail andsupplementsthe cement in bracing the rail, thus forming a metallic abutment. The upper edge 1) .ofthe bar B is preferably brought flush Withthe surface of the cement and is preferably arranged at the edges of the tie, so astoprotect the tieiir case the train jumps it the track. A braceb is also preferably sp from the upper ortion of the bar B{ and extends down nto; t e-turn b, so as to make noreeifective the brace formed bythe bar. The wedges If rm the projections in the underside ofthe tie preferably directly below the railbase, ThlS is particularly. desirable where the groove 1 is used for the rail, inthat reinforces the tie a this pointf This projection also fiSSlStS liTl holding the ballast for the track in place, and when it projects from be- "low. therail' portion of the tie naturally jsupports' the. greater part of the load carried by the tie, thus relieving the central ortion of the tie and obviating the danger 0 breakage at that point. i

In the continuous road-bed shown in Figs. 1 and 2 I prefer to provide a locking means, so as to prevent side movement of the ties.'- This is formed by the roove construction I). In this construction a so I prefer to provide the openings b thro'u h which openings grouting may be accomp ished if desired.

p The tie -.plate- .also protects the cement from the, grindi-n reinforced by the i tend up to the upper part of the rail.

' the tie to the level of the upper 1 and inwardly toward therein at the ed es In the alternative construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the tie D extends continuously from rail to rail and more nearly conforms to the ordinary wooden tie. It has, however, the groove d. in which the rail A is placed I and the wedge E for fixing the rail in posi tion. In this construction the reinforcingbar B, with its different details. is used in the same manner as in the preferred construction,

except, as shown, only one bar is provided, f

and this is preferably at the center of the tie. The tie is also provided withthe projection B 'VVhat I claim as new is- 1. A railroad-tie having a reinforcing-bar embedded in the tie and extending under the rail-base and having the upturn outside said base the tie'and upturn being arranged to ex- -2. A railroad-tie, having a 1'einforc-ingbar embedded in the tie, and extending under the l rail-base, and having an upturn outside said base, said bar including then turn being arranged to contact the outsi e of the upper part of the rail for bracing the rail.

3. 'A railroad-tie having a reinforcing-bar embedded in the tie and extendin under the rail-base, and having its outer end bent up in part of therail and inwardly along the upper part of the I tie toward the rail.

4. A railroad-tie having a reinforcing-bar embedded in the tie and extending under the rail-base and havin its outer end'bent up the rail, the intnrn being provided with a projection extending l witlnn the turn and forming a brace for, the i end of the bar.

5. A railroad-tie having a reinforcing-bar embedded in the tie and extending under the g t1e for draining the groove.

rail-base, and havin its outer end bent up and inwardly towar the rail. the inturned 5 portion having a part split from it. and extending within the turn to form a brace.

6. A railroad-tie, having a reinforcing-b'ar embedded therein and arranged flush with the surface of the tie and extending from the edge of the rail. I

7. A railroad-tie, having abar embedded of the tie and extending l with the surface of thetie. 8. A railroad-tie, having a reinforcing-bar 1' from the rail flus I embedded in the tie and extending under 9 the. rail base, and having an upturn outside said base and an inturn extending toward the rail along the surface of the tie. i

9; A railroad-tie havinga reinforcing-barf B embedded therein extending under the i poses rail-base, and having the upturned portion 1/ and inturned portion extending to the rail, the surface 1/ coming flush with the upper surface of the tie.

' 10. A railroad-tie having a reinforcing-bar B embedded therein extending under the rail-base, andhaving the upturned portion and inturned portion extending to the rail,

' the surface 6' coming flush with the upper surface of the tie, and having the brace I) projecting from the under part of the inturned portion into the turn for bracing the end of the bar.

11. A railroad-tie having a reinforcing-bar extending underthe rail-base and upwardly outside of said base. said tie being provided with a groove for the reception of the rail; and means for locking the rail in thegroove.

12. A railroad-tie having the groove 1) for the reception of the rail, the offset b for the reception of the fish-plate. and a groove 11" in the offset for the reception of the heads of bolts in fish-plates.

13. A railroad-tie having the grooves b for the reception of the rail, the offset b for the reception of the fish-plate, and the groove 6 in the offset for the reception of the heads of the bolts in the fish-plate, said offsetb extendin entirelv through the tie for the purescribed. l4. A railroad-tie having the grooves b for the reception of the rail, the offset 6 for the reception of the fish-plate. and the groove b in the offset for the reception of the heads of the bolts in the fish-plate, the offset 6 and groove 11 extending entirely through the tie.

15. A rallroad-tle having a groove for the receptlonof the rail; and a channel extending from the groove to the outer surface of the position having a groove therein tor the reception of the rail; atie-plate secured to the tie in the process of formation, the surface of the tie-plate extending above the bottom of 1 the groove.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing JOSEPH PREF X D.

witnesses.

itne sesz B. L. MCGRATTi, ELMER E. BURxs.

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